Subject: [Tweeters] Do woodpeckers eat bone marrow from carrion?
Date: Feb 25 12:44:29 2007
From: Barbara Mandula - barbaramandula at alumni.brandeis.edu


During my recent trip to Yellowstone Park, a guide mentioned that a
naturalist had reported seeing a hairy/downy woodpecker apparently eating
bone marrow from an elk or bison carcass. Does anyone know if this behavior
has been reported for woodpeckers or other birds?